Review Questions and Answers for Dental Assisting - Revised Reprint, 2e

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by  Mosby, Betty Ladley Finkbeiner CDA Emeritus BS MS

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SUMMARY OF DENTAL ASSISTING NATIONAL BOARD
(DANB) ELIGIBILITY PATHWAYS FOR THE CERTIFIED
DENTAL ASSISTING (CDA) EXAM AND GENERAL
CHAIRSIDE COMPONENT EXAM*
Pathway I:
1. Graduation from a CODA-accredited dental assisting or dental
hygiene program
AND
2. Current CPR from a DANB-accepted provider
Pathway II:
1. High school graduation or equivalent
AND
2. Minimum of 3,500 hours of approved work experience
AND
3. Current CPR from a DANB-accepted provider
Pathway III:
1. Former DANB CDA status, or graduation from a CODA-
accredited DDS or DMD program, or graduation from a dental
degree program outside the U.S. or Canada
AND
2. Current CPR from a DANB-accepted provider
*There are no prerequisites to take DANB’s Radiation Health and Safety
(RHS) or Infection Control exams (ICE).
From website of Dental Assisting National Board, Inc. Chicago: www.danb.
org. Accessed October 1, 2015. Eligibility pathways subject to change annually.
DANB, CDA, RHS, and ICE are registered trademarks of the Dental
Assisting National Board, Inc. (DANB). This publication and its companion
website are not reviewed or endorsed by DANB.
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REVISED REPRINT
Edited and contributed by
Betty Ladley Finkbeiner,
CDA–Em eritus, BS, MS
Emeritus Faculty
Washtenaw Community College
Ann Arbor, Michigan
3251 Riverport Lane
St. Louis, Missouri 63043
REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR DENTAL ASSISTING,
SECOND EDITION (REVISED REPRINT) ISBN: 978-0-323-44491-0
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Re vie w e r s a n d Co n t r ib u t o r s
Emily L. Addison, CDA, BS Laura Howerton, RDH, MS
Director of Dental Assisting Instructor, Dental Hygiene
Pearl R iver Community College Wake Technical Community College
Hattiesburg, Mississippi Raleigh, North Carolina
Carol Ann Chapman, CDA, RDH, MS Teresa Macauley, CDA, EFDA, MS
Dental Clinical Associate Professor and Chair
Dental Hygiene Program Dental Assisting Program
Edison State College Ivy Tech Community College
Fort Myers, Florida Anderson, Indiana
Jamie Collins, CDA, RDH Chris H. Miller, MS, PhD
Dental Assisting Instructor Professor Emeritus of Oral Microbiology
College of Western Idaho Executive Associate Dean Emeritus
Eagle, Idaho Associate Dean Emeritus for Academic Affairs
and Graduate Education
Sharron J. Cook, CDA School of Dentistry
Program Director and Instructor Indiana University
Dental Assisting Program Indianapolis, Indiana
Columbus Technical College
Columbus, Georgia Linda Lee Paquette, RDA, CDA, RDH, MS
Faculty
W. Stephan Eakle, DDS Dental Assisting and Dental Hygiene Programs
Professor, Clinical Dentistry Department of Health Sciences
Emeritus Division of General Dentistry Santa Rosa Junior College
Department of Preventive & R estorative Dental Santa Rosa, California
Sciences
School of Dentistry Jennifer L. Poovey, CDA, RDA, RDH, BS
University of California, San Francisco Faculty
San Francisco, California Dental Assisting and Dental Hygiene Programs
Department of Health Sciences
Aimee Marie Gaspari, BS, EFDA Santa Rosa Junior College
Dental Assisting Instructor Santa Rosa, California
YTI Career Institute
Lancaster, Pennsylvania Kathy Zwieg, LDA, CDA
Associate Publisher and Editor-in-Chief
Cynthia Porter Giles, CDA, EFDA, PhD Inside Dental Assisting
Dental Coordinator AEGIS Publications;
Centura College–Norfolk Executive Committee and Board Member
Norfolk, Virginia Oral Health America
Lino Lakes, Minnesota
Mary Govoni, RDA, RDH, MBA
Speaker, Author, Consultant
OSHA/ HIPAA Compliance and Health Care
Ergonomics
Mary Govoni & Associates
Okemos, Michigan
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P re fa ce
The purpose of this book is to provide a steadfast Dental Procedures” within the General Chairside
review for the dental assisting student preparing for exam), as well as how many questions you want to
course review, local or state exams, or national cer- practice of the total provided. For instance, the data-
tification. Three comprehensive tests are included base of questions for the Infection Control exam
in the format, all common to national exams for contains 50 questions on the topic of “Patient and
dental assistants. Tests are divided into the following Health Care Worker Education,” and you can choose
categories: to practice from 1 to 50 questions in this category.
• General Chairside (360 questions total/ 120 ques- Questions are randomized from each test so you will
tions per test) not necessarily see the questions in the same order in
• Radiation Health and Safety (300 questions which they appear in the book. Immediate feedback
total/ 100 questions per test) is given after an answer is selected.
• Infection Control (300 questions total/ 100 ques- In exam mode, you can choose to have the site’s
tions per test) test generator auto-create a simulated exam from the
For added convenience, each question is repeated bank of 1,600 questions; this exam would match the
in the answer key with the rationale for the correct number and distribution of questions per category
choice so the results can be checked. within the CDA exam to provide targeted prepa-
The companion Evolve website will allow you to ration and help build your confidence. A test timer
test yourself electronically and includes an additional is included to help you manage your test-taking
640 practice questions (the equivalent of two full time allotment, and feedback is provided after you
national board–style exams) with an additional 500 complete the exam to easily show you where your
questions devoted specifically to expanded functions strengths and weaknesses lie.
in dental assisting, divided by both topic and states in In addition, the website includes a separate sec-
which they are approved for practice. tion of 500 questions on a variety of expanded func-
tions in dental assisting. Questions can be selected
ABOUT THE EVOLVE WEBSITE
by topic or by state. If you choose the state option,
The companion Evolve website provides more the program will randomize questions for each topic
opportunities to review specific topics. All 960 ques- approved for practice in the state selected.
tions in the book plus an additional 640 questions
EXPANDED FUNCTIONS IN DENTAL
(1,600 total) are available electronically; this is the
ASSISTING
equivalent of five full national board–style exams.
The program lets you choose to practice in one of It should be noted that expanded functions (EF) vary
two ways: (1) in practice mode or (2) in exam mode. by state. The EF questions that are included have not
In practice mode, you can choose the overall topic been written for any particular location. We urge all
(General Chairside, Radiation Health and Safety, users of this product to be familiar with the cur-
or Infection Control) as well as the subtopics into rent approved EF for their states by contacting the
which those categories are divided (e.g., “Collec- appropriate boards of dentistry or other governing
tion and R ecording of Clinical Data” or “Chairside agencies.
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